"I have been writing a sermon on the use of money. Oh, what a flat, unprofitable subject it is!"

"I am not afraid of giving too much, but of giving too little."

"I cannot but observe, that the Methodists are not a people who are fond of novelties."

"I have often thought, that if I were to choose a way to travel, it should be on foot."

"I have been reading a book of travels. I do not know when I have been so much amused. It is a pity that so few of our travellers write like rational creatures."